Metropolitan see Natal, Brazil
Archdiocese of Natal
Natalen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Natal is a Latin Rite metropolitan see in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1909 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1952. Its suffragan dioceses include Caicó and Mossoró.
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- Established
- 1909
- Catholics
- 1,600,000
- Priests
- 192
- Territory
- 25,153 km²
Parishes and churches
107 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- São João BatistaPendênciasView parish
- São João BatistaPraia de PitanguiView parish
- São João BoscoGramoréView parish
- São LucasSão Gonçalo do AmaranteView parish
- São Mateus MoreiraParnamirimView parish
- São MiguelExtremozView parish
- São Miguel ArcanjoSão Miguel do GostosoView parish
- São Paulo ApóstoloPedro AvelinoView parish
- São Paulo ApóstoloSão Paulo do PotengiView parish
- São PedroNatalView parish
- São Pedro ApóstoloTourosView parish
- São Pedro ApóstoloNatalView parish
- São Pedro ApóstoloSão PedroView parish
- São Pedro PescadorBaia FormosaView parish
- São SebastiãoAlecrimView parish
- São Tiago MenorSantana do MatosView parish
- São Vicente FérrerItajáView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- João Santos Cardoso
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The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Apresentação stands in Natal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The city of Natal in Brazil is the seat of a metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
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- Dom João Santos Cardoso writes on family
- Dom João Santos Cardoso writes about digital education
- Dom João Santos Cardoso says family is first school of human values
- Archbishop João Santos Cardoso leads retreat
- Archbishop João Santos Cardoso leads retreat
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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Diocese of Natal builds cisterns for 642 families
The Diocese of Natal built rainwater harvesting cisterns for 642 families in the Trairi region to provide water for human consumption. Representatives from rural families in the municipalities of Coronel Ezequiel, São Bento do Trairi, Santa Cruz, and Campo Redondo met on Wednesday, September 23, in the Gurjaú community in Coronel Ezequiel to mark the project. The cisterns are intended to improve living conditions by capturing rainwater for household use.
- Dom José Sílvio de Brito attends new bishops' course in Rome
- Dom João Santos Cardoso updates offerings, fees, and emoluments
- Arquidiocese de Natal holds first synodal assembly
- Diocese of Natal ordains Severino Germano da Silva
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